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The value of a careers qualification
By Maria Cox I have been working in the Adult Community and Further Education sector (Victoria’s Learn Local) for about three years, delivering pathway programs to vulnerable learners in Melbourne’s west. Read more
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
Albert Einstein
Girls Continue to Shy Away from Maths and Science Study
An international study conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has found that girls are opting out of science and maths study, with a quarter of female students choosing not to study the fields in their senior years of school.
Tags: gender studies / STEM / science / maths
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Increasing Sales in Your Career Management Business
One of the complaints I hear from career practitioners is how reactive to client demands the work is and that it’s difficult to proactively sell career services.Tags: personal reflection / sales / member focus
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Navigating the midlife career journey
Midlife can be an uncertain period where work and family roles are changing and the road ahead is yet to be mapped out.Tags: personal reflection / career change
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Understanding The Value of Networking
It’s all too common to hear that it’s who you know, not what you know.Tags: LinkedIn / networking / member focus
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Changes to Employment Services
Announced in 2014, changes to the federal government’s employment services system are fast approaching.Tags: employment services
Read moreA ship in a harbour is safe - but that is not what ships are built for.
John Shedd
Government to Crack Down On Vet Providers
Training providers will be banned from offering ‘miraculously short’ diploma programs, as well as using incentives such as laptops, prizes or cash to attract potential students, under new reforms to the VET FEE-HELP scheme.Tags: VET / FEE-HELP / VET reforms
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Forty Per Cent of Vocational Loans Won’t Be Repaid, Says Study
With more on VET FEE-HELP loans, an analysis conducted by the Grattan Institute has found that more than a third of loans granted to Vocational Education and Training (VET) students will never be repaid.Tags: VET / FEE-HELP / VET reforms
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